Friday, February 17, 2012
Are bicycle lanes really green? Some [LA] residents see red
When [Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's] accident made headlines in July 2010, the incident energized the city’s cyclists and bike commuters around Los Angeles’ ambitious plans to make 1,600 miles of bike lanes in this auto-centric metropolis. Yet little progress has been made in the year and a half since the mayor’s fall because of an unlikely hurdle: California’s environmental laws.
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I always get a kick out of people who claim it is the bike lanes causing an increase in pollution.
Rather then blame the people in the vehicles (vast majority single occupancy), they opt to deflect blame onto bike lanes.
Would people rather have 5 lanes for cars going in each direction? That doesn't sound like a very liveable community...of course those who complain seldom live IN said communities, rather they just drive through them. (ie people living in Newmarket complaining about bike lanes in downtown Toronto).
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